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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2012
Applicant:

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);

Inventors:

Michael Braunstein, Washington, IL (US);

Ramadev Hukkeri, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Michael Taylor, Swissvalve, PA (US);

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/70 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06G 7/00 (2006.01); G06G 7/76 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/021 (2013.01); E02F 9/205 (2013.01); E02F 9/2054 (2013.01); E02F 9/265 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is disclosed for calibrating a vehicle model used to autonomously control a machine on a worksite. The method may include measuring a first value indicative of an operating condition of the machine, predicting a second value, using the vehicle model, corresponding to the first value and indicative of the operating condition, and determining a difference between the first value and the second value. The method may also include autonomously directing the machine to a calibration site of the worksite in response to determining that the difference between the first value and the second value is greater than a predetermined threshold, wherein the calibration site is automatically selected from a plurality of locations at the worksite based on a suitability index of the calibration site.


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